Charlotte lifted the curtain of the tent and strode in. Although it was late at night, the sword-wielding knight was still meticulous. The silver-white armor reflected the light of the candles, and the handsome face that had fascinated even the girls of half the empire looked stern and serious at the moment. His blonde hair parted and fell to his shoulders, making him look more like a well-mannered scholar than a knight on the battlefield. But the three scars on his chest were enough to prove the strength of this young man, which was the merit he had earned by killing the three-headed dragon head in the Dusk Mountain Range, which in this era was enough to be called a legend.

"How's it going?"

Seeing Charlotte walk in, the old general, who was sitting in the tent of the Chinese army, opened his mouth and asked---His name is Buckley. Dodis. He is the deputy commander of the Crimson Dragon Legion, the three major legions of the Shining Gold Empire, and this time it is he who is responsible for leading the Fifth Legion to attack Passus. Charlotte was his deputy, commanding the Silver Sword to respond on the side. Logically speaking, such a device is obviously used to deal with such a small territory, but both of them know that this time the emperor is really angry, and the other party not only wiped out an entire front-line division of the Shining Gold Empire neatly, but also dared to blatantly protest against them through official channels. This greatly annoyed the high Emperor Xià, who had already issued an order to take Passus at any cost, and then to arrest the arrogant lord and send him to the imperial capital, at that time, he would let the other party thoroughly experience what the emperor's wrath was!

At the mention of this, Barkley and Charlotte could only meet with a bitter smile, and His Majesty the Emperor said lightly. But how could a cunzi who could easily wipe out an entire front-line division be so easy to deal with? You know, it's all gone. Completely extinguished. To put it mildly, even if they encountered the Divine Guards of the Holy Kingdom Seth. There is not a single deserter. Although they were more inclined to use the natural danger to set up a complete set, after investigation, they found that there were basically no difficulties and dangers in the entire Passus, except for a river valley that divided the realm of civilization and the savage wilderness, all that was left was a unique stone forest landform and a flat plateau terrain. If you say that you can bury thousands of soldiers in a place like this, no one believes it.

So after taking over this task, the two of them took the army of the Four Seasons to station in place, and then began to send people to investigate, at least they wanted to find out how the other party had eliminated thousands of soldiers of the front-line legion without leaving a single survivor. If they don't figure this out, then they won't dare to attack Passus again. If Pastan repeats his mistakes, there will be no place to cry.

"It's the same, there's no response."

Hearing Barkley's inquiry, Charlotte shook her head, then sat down in a chair next to her and sighed. Hearing his answer, General Barkley's face turned a little gloomy, and it was clear that this was not good news for them. The army was ready, but at the moment they had no clue about Passus. The information had been useless in the past -- and if it had been, Pastan would not have died in this remote place.

And to their heart, none of the scouts sent to Passus after that made it back alive. The other side did not close the entire region, on the contrary. Aside from reining in the displaced people to avoid accidents, the whole of Passus is basically normal. And their spies and scouts have disguised themselves in various ways - such as merchants, such as wanderers. For example, mercenaries and others enter Passus to find out the news. But when they went in, they never came out. Not even a single piece of information came back. It's incredible, to be honest. If they weren't convinced that the spies were sent out by them personally, including the elites in their own hands, and that there was no problem in terms of loyalty, they would have to wonder if there were any spies leaking information here.

Of course, Barkley and Charlotte didn't know that Passus was completely under the control of Jenn's dungeon at this moment, and since Jenn and the Shining Gold Empire had already started a war, the two sides were naturally members of the rival camp. And the moment those spies walk into Passus, the system will immediately alert an enemy to the dungeon's sphere of influence. The next thing is very simple, Jenn directly locks those guys, and then lets the aliens go out and kill them all while they are not looking. Aliens need to eat anyway, so these guys take it as a meal for them. As for the rest, it happened to be brought back to collect information for Enoa, so for so many days, Barkley and Charlotte still didn't know anything, but Jenn had already learned all about them through the brains of those spies.

But even so, the severity of the matter is enough to give them a headache.

Not to mention the pillar of light that appeared in Passus last night, anyone who is not a fool can guess that there is now some unknown and earth-shaking change in Passus. The problem now is that they have no way of knowing what the other side is up to, which really leaves Barkley and Charlotte a little speechless. They were all warriors who had fought on the battlefield for many years, and had encountered countless hardships and dangers, but this time they still felt extremely depressed, it was almost like being blindfolded, plugged in the ears, and thrown into an empty dark room, and there was no other way than to grope their way forward. And more importantly, you never know if your next step will be doomed.

The most important thing in a war is to take the lead in the enemy, and whoever has the intelligence is equivalent to seeing the smile of the goddess of victory. The two generals were already exhausted by the lack of accomplishment for so many days, and the mighty pillar of light last night was the straw that almost broke the camel's back, and it was clear that they knew that they could not go on like this.

"We have to act now."

Barkley's choice was consistent with his style -- decisive, courageous, and fierce. It's just that in the current situation, it inevitably gives people the illusion of a desperate gamble.

But the battlefield is not a casino.

"I agree with you, General Barkley, but the question is, how should we act?"

Hearing this, Charlotte finally spoke. He first stretched out his hand and erected the long golden bangs in front of him quite "", then smiled bitterly and said.

"I'll tell you the truth, before I did, I looked up the information about that Jenn. The deeds of Mr. Pachanommen. I have to admit that although he seems to be quite reckless, he has always done everything well. He killed Gustav and his son in a small conflict, but instead of going into exile, he became a knighted nobleman of the Temple. Of course, the world thought it was his luck, but when he defeated Sterke in Solid Rock City, he didn't suffer any trouble either. Although on the surface, this gentleman is a brave and unscrupulous man, and he and Alexander fought in the city of a thousand rivers, even bulldozing half a block, but the result? The Templars helped him suppress the matter, leaving Alexander and the Soros family in a passive ............ Once or twice can be called a coincidence, three or four times is difficult to say that........."

"So you mean ..............."

Hearing this, Barkley frowned, he reached out, touched his bare head, and then stared at the young dashing knight next to him.

"If we look closely, we will find a pattern, that is, this gentleman will mercilessly give the most severe counterattack to those who dare to provoke him, and will not look at the identity of the other party or anything else. And he was confident every time that he would not be punished for it............... Don't you think that's a lot like where we're in now? ”

"Do you mean that the front-line divisions that he eliminated before were similar to Alexander or Gustav, and they were only eliminated because they provoked him?"

Hearing this, Barkley shrugged.

But what about that? You must know that the first few times he was able to escape was because of the forces behind him. In the Duchy of Valkyrie, there is the Temple of the God of War to protect him. In the Skar Federation, it was the Pawood family, and it was because of this that he was able to survive until now. But now, in the face of the Flash Gold Empire, what means can he come up with? You can't think the Templar will send troops for him. ”

"The Templar Order won't do this, but ..............."

Saying this, Charlotte's face became gloomy.

"I'm really worried if, as the lord suggested, Passus has now broken away from the Skar Confederation and become an independent principality. Then as a decorated nobleman, he will naturally be the supreme ruler of this principality......... And the nobles who are honored are from the Templar Order..............."

"So you mean, there's a good chance that the Templar Order will declare the Passus region their territory?"

Hearing this, Barkley's face also became solemn. If that's the case, then it's a big problem.

"I don't think the Templars will do this, but as long as that lord shows his strength enough, the Templars will be happy to push for this......... And since he has already acted, it shows that he is confident in his counterattack against the Empire, and I don't believe that Lord Lordship would be so naïve as to think that after eliminating a front-line division of the Empire, he can ask the Empire to withdraw its troops. It is clear that he already has a solution to us. ”

"But we don't know anything about it."

Barkley let out a long sigh and leaned back in his chair, staring at his lieutenant.

"So............... What's your best idea? ”

"It's not a good idea."

Charlotte shook her head, but her gaze fell on the sand table map in front of her.

"I think we're going to have to take someone to the test." (To be continued......)